# Brain Science of Emotions

Understand how the amygdala triggers emotional responses and how the prefrontal cortex (still developing in adolescence) regulates them; explain why stress hormones (cortisol, adrenaline) affect thinking and memory; understand that the adolescent brain's dopamine system makes feelings more intense; distinguish between emotion regulation (managing feelings effectively) and emotion suppression (pushing feelings down, which is counterproductive); introduce cognitive reappraisal as a research-backed technique for changing how we interpret a situation

Builds on: Good Stress and Bad Stress (soft, https://ai.page/c/good-stress-and-bad-stress/en.md), Emotions and Decision-Making (hard, https://ai.page/c/emotions-and-decision-making/en.md), How Emotions Feel in Your Body (hard, https://ai.page/c/how-emotions-feel-in-your-body/en.md)

Concept id: brain-science-of-emotions. Subject: personal-development. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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